Matjbice joseph stack



May 4. 1926. 1,582,939

M. J. STACK ROLL UNWINDING STAND Filed March 16, 1925 INVENTOR W ATTORNEYS strain on the battmg damaging ed on such Patented May 4, 1926.

UNITED, STATE I MAURICE JOSEPH STACK, OI GOHOEB, NEW YORK.

ROLL-WINDING STAND.

' lpplicatldnfiled 1mm 1 To all whom it may concern: I

Be itknown that I, MAURICE J. STACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gohoes, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and Im proved Roll-Unwinding Stand, of which the following is a specification. v

The invention has for its object to provide a particularly simple roll unwinding stand structure adapted for efficiently facilitating the unwinding of rolls of continuous lengt prepared cotton batting such as is used in upholstering automobiles or the like without tensile strain or twist being exertbatting during the unwinding thereof.

In my application for patent for method of preparing cotton batting for storage and shipment, Serial No. 16,07 8, filed March 16'. 1925, I have disclosed a method as stated in which one of the features is the winding of the continuous lengths of batting into rolls. After these rolls have been shipped and are ready for use it is desired to unwind them in a manner rendering that operation as simple and convenient as is possible and without danger of damaging twist or pull length. To efliciently accomplish the desired purpose stated I have designed the unwinding *stand disclosed herein, the novel structural features of which, and the manner of use thereof, will be readily apparent from the following detailed description, the appended claim and the accompanying. drawing, which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention in use. 1

Figure 2 is an'end view of the invention..

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the roll supporting core. 1 j 4 Figure 4' is a detail cross section of the roll supporting core.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail plan'view of one of the anti-friction bearings upon WhlOh' the ends of the supporting core are mounted.

In the drawing 1 indicates the'roll to bc unwound and, w 'ich is formed by winding the continuous length of batting 2 upon the central hollow cylmdrical core 3. In this farm, the roll 1 wound upon the core 3, is s 1 Y e stand includes the supporting frammg 4, upon the upper cross bars 5 of each end of which, and centrally of the width 6, 1925. Serial No. 18,081.

' porting thereof, are secured a pair of brackets 6 each of which serves as a convenient means for mounting a pair of closely positloned anti-friction bearing rollers 7 adapted to 1 serve as anti-friction rest bearings for the ends 8 of the core rod 9 which passes through the core 3 and is centrally spaced therein by the end plugs 10 for the purpose of providing the'desired free rotating mounting of the roll-1 upon the stand so that, theh batting length 2 without danger of twist or strain being exmay be paid-ofi' as used erted thereon. 1

End ferrules 11 may be provided-on the ends of the rod 8-9 in positlon for engaging the outer walls of the bearing brackets 6 to prevent longitudinal displacement of the said rod and each said bracket may be provided with an upwardly extended finger 12 extended in the direction in which the batting length isto bepaid-oif so as to prevent possibility of displacement. of that rod in that direction, the shape of the finger being such as will just permit free movement of the rod ends 8 incident to the mounting thereof into the crotch formed by the closely positioned rollers 7..

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying ing, it is thought the novel details ofconstruction, tages of my invention will readily apparent.

What I. claim is: A roll unwinding stand adapted to support a roll to be unwound comprising a'sup frame, a bracket supported at each end of said frame, anti-friction rollers car ried by each bracket, a supporting core rod insert-able through the center of a roll and adaptedto have its end project therefrom to provide trunnions for having anti-friction bearing upon said anti-friction rollers, a pair of the said rollers being positioned draw-v e5 manner of operation and advanclosely adjacent each other in each bracket so as to provide a core rod receiving crotch therebetween, the said rod having a ferrule at each end thereof adapted to engage said brackets for preventing longitudinal dislacement of said. rod, the said brackets each iiaving anupwardly extended finger proje'cted in the direction .in which the material is to be paid-01f the roll and adapted to prevent displacement of the core rod in that irection. I MAURICE JOSEPH STAGK, 

